Crista聽Newmyer- Olsen (Engl, Soc;Law鈥07) said she has committed herself聽to 鈥渇ighting the good fight.鈥 Born and raised聽in Colorado鈥檚 San Luis Valley, she is currently the district attorney聽for the 12th Judicial District of Colorado. As a law student, Crista took primarily American Indian law classes.聽Her favorite professors included Jill Tompkins, then clinical professor聽in the American Indian Law Clinic, and Professor Emeritus Charles Wilkinson, whom Crista remembers fondly as a 鈥渨onderful professor in addition to a delightful human being.鈥 Outside the courtroom, Christa enjoys spending time with her family and her聽menagerie of cats, dogs and horses at her home in Mosca, Colo.